20070712012309I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 200BEECH · Lubbock, TX · July 12, 2007

Date
July 12, 2007 · 17:00 local
Place
Lubbock, TX
Airport
Lubbock Preston Smith International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
GSTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N222LA
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total575 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On July 12, 2007 at approximately 1700 CDT, while on a local CFR part 91 maintenance flight, N222LA, a Beechcraft model BE-200, landed on runway 17R at Lubbock international airport (klbb) with the nose gear in the retracted position. The aircraft sustained damage to both propellers, both nose gear doors and radome. There were no injuries to the pilot or the mechanic onboard. Examination of the aircraft revealed failure of the aft nose gear actuating chain located underneath the cabin floor, between the main gear actuator gearbox and the forward bulkhead. Failure of the chain rendered emergency gear extension ineffective.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 12, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CDT, WHILE ON A LOCAL CFR PART 91 MAINTENANCE FLIGHT, N222LA, A BEECHCRAFT MODEL BE-200, LANDED ON RUNWAY 17R AT LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLBB) WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS, BOTH NOSE GEAR DOORS AND RADOME. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE MECHANIC ONBOARD. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED FAILURE OF THE AFT NOSE GEAR ACTUATING CHAIN LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE CABIN FLOOR, BETWEEN THE MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR GEARBOX AND THE FORWARD BULKHEAD. FAILURE OF THE CHAIN RENDERED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION INEFFECTIVE.